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Connecticut’s own Linda McMahon goes to Washington next year, hoping to be confirmed as head of the Small Business Administration. She was tapped recently by President-elect Donald Trump, a longtime friend who she supported during the campaign. But what will the former wrestling magnate bring to her new role as cheerleader for small businesses?

The U.S. locks up more people than any other country in the world, with 2.3 million people behind bars. One-third of the U.S. population has a criminal record.

An environmental advocacy group claims hundreds of thousands of gallons of sewage flowed into rivers and streams in the state over several years, and it's blaming the city of Danbury.

This year marks an important milestone in our nation's history -- 35 years since the discovery of HIV/AIDS . This hour, we look back to see how far we've come in understanding, treating, and destigmatizing HIV/AIDS in America.

Every year, an all-star panel of musicians and critics join the show to go through a painfully short list of the best jazz of the year. Will this year be vocalist-heavy? Any repeat winners, or any newcomers? Is there an overall sound to the year?

When Clinton resident Austin Haughwout uploaded YouTube videos of his pistol and flamethrower-equipped drones last year, he triggered a national debate over the use of weaponized drones that is expected to result in new state legislation.

The U.S. Secretary of Education said there's a few things the upcoming administration should do to continue the work completed over the last eights years.

Scientists say that the asteroid that exploded over Chelyabinsk , Russia four years ago was a rare event, unlikely to happen more than every 100 -200 years. But a research in the scientific journal Nature said the earth should expect and plan to get hit by Chelyabinsk-sized asteroids more often - maybe every decade or two! And we thought the election was rough.

For nearly four and a half decades, Sonia Manzano was Maria -- a recurring female lead on the PBS television series " Sesame Street ." Last year, Manzano retired from the show and published a memoir. It’s called Becoming Maria: Love and Chaos in the South Bronx .

Rogue One is the eighth live-action Star Wars movie. It's the first movie in the Star Wars anthology series , and its story happens between Star Wars Episodes III and IV, which is to say that it happens just before the very first Star Wars movie. Confused yet? That's okay. We'll explain.